Actor David Keith makes a surprise cameo at Dallas City Hall to raise a stink about DNA testing ‘dog waste’

David Keith‘s spent a little time in Dallas in recent years; the actor starred in the short-lived Lone Star and appeared in an episode of the also-axed Chase. But, of course, you probably know him best as Firestarter‘s Andy McGee and Sid from An Officer and a Gentleman. And what better way to celebrate that movie’s 30th anniversary than with an appearance in front of the Dallas City Council, where, this morning, David Keith spent about five minutes talking about the importance of DNA testing … dog feces.

“You may recognize me as a younger, thinner actor you’ve seen in many films,” he said by way of a howdy. “But I’ve come here to talk about something that’s important to all of us.”

At which point he launched into a talk about “dog waste,” and how the “average pile of pet waste contains three billion fecal coliform bacteria, including e-coli and salmonella” and how “drinking or playing in” contaminated water can cause “diarrhea, vomiting, fever and in some instances blindness and death.” Said Keith, more or less, it’s time to test dog-waste DNA and find the owner who didn’t scoop and bag it. Test or die!